Stop performing neonatal circumcision.

THIS PETITION HAS MET ITS GOAL OF 500 SIGNATURES! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE SIGNED AND CONTINUE TO SIGN. SILVERTHORNE CLINIC WAS CONTACTED BY EMAIL ON MAY 27, 2012. WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE.

Circumcision of healthy male infants is not recommended by any medical association in the world, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association. In order to protect children from medically unncessary surgery, medical professionals and medical centers must stop offering to perform such surgery.

Medical associations which do not recommend circumcision of healthy male children include the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Canadian Paediatric Society, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, the Royal Australian College of Physicians, the Australian College of Paediatrics, the Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the British Medical Association, the Royal Dutch Medical Association, the Swedish Paediatric Society, and the Finnish Medical Association.

This petition has received support from people residing in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Indonesia, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

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Silverthorne Clinic

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Silverthorne Clinic.

----------------Stop performing neonatal circumcision.

Circumcision of healthy male infants is not recommended by any medical association in the world, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association. In order to protect children from medically unncessary surgery, medical professionals and medical centers must stop offering to perform such surgery.

Medical associations which do not recommend circumcision of healthy male children include the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Canadian Paediatric Society, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, the Royal Australian College of Physicians, the Australian College of Paediatrics, the Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the British Medical Association, the Royal Dutch Medical Association, and the Swedish Paediatric Society.

In addition to receiving numerous American signatures, this petition has also been signed by people residing in Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Indonesia, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.----------------